One of the main items on the Pine Cove Water District (PCWD) board meeting agenda was removing former board member Steven King as a check signer and adding newly appointed board member Rose Venard. In the FY 2019/20 budget, 46% of the general manager’s discretionary fund has been used. Jerry Holldber is the general manager…
A multiple vehicle traffic collision occurred last week on Highway 74, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Edward Nunez. On Friday, Oct. 11 at 11:10 p.m., three vehicles were involved in a collision on Highway 74 east of Lake Hemet. Antonio Alcarez, 24 years old of Perris, was driving east on Highway 74 in a…
A small, quarter-acre size fire ignited off the Ernie Maxwell Scenic Trail near Cougar Road around 4:18 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 10. The rate of spread was slow to moderate due to light winds and was 100% contained by firefighters within a couple of hours. Not long after the fire ignited, the forward rate of…
Last week, town roads were completely torn up due to the county repaving project. Detours were present only when it was too late to compensate and traffic control was non-existent. Not only were residents frustrated, so were business owners. The work was originally scheduled to coincide with the work on Highway 74 to ensure the…
The National Weather Service issued red flag warnings for the area and Cal Fire issued a press release that it is “staffing up and preparing for the forecasted extreme fire weather across California” between Wednesday and Friday evening. Check for updates. “With some of the most destructive and deadliest fires occurring October through December, we…
At the last County Service Area (CSA) 38 [Pine Cove] meeting on Sept. 17, the board approved the reimbursement of funds ($854.53) to the Pine Cove Water District for the open house appreciation day at the Pine Cove Fire Station on Aug. 3. It was reported that during the meeting, CSA 38 chair, Jerry Holldber,…
At 11:55 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 26, a vehicle rolled over on Highway 74, according to California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Darren Meyer. Eliza Kong, 65 years old of Idyllwild, was driving on Highway 74 1 mile west of McCall Park Road in a 2016 black Mercedes-Benz sedan when she was negotiating a right-hand…
Highway 74 to open without pilot car at 5 p.m. on Oct. 3 Highway 74 will be open without pilot car starting at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 3 with flagging operations starting Friday, Oct. 4 at 7 a.m., according to Public and Media Affairs Chief Terri Kasinga of Caltrans in a phone call to…
The Idyllwild Water District (IWD) board terminated another general manager at its special meeting last week. General Manager Michael Creighton’s probation contract was terminated, leaving the water district without a general manager, yet again. This is the district’s second general manager in less than a year, and ninth in a few years. After an…
In a nation that experiences active shooters on a daily basis, most go unreported in the national media, it has been a priority of schools to increase its safety measures for the safety of staff and students. Increasing site security has become a priority for many schools. Last month, Hemet Unified School District (HUSD), announced…
